Update: Read the results from this post here.
The Valley Line route is a done deal, right? Picked – finished – over, right?
It’s going underground in Chinatown. It will replace the Cloverdale Footbridge. It will have sidings and … Continue reading →

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, JANUARY 30, 2013: It was so cold the firefighters stayed in their truck as much as possible at a 2 vehicle minor collision on very icy streets at 101st-103A Av in Edmonton, Ab on Tuesday Jan.29, 2013. Photo by John Lucas/Edmonton Journal)(standalone)

Last Friday, 50 per cent of violent crime in Edmonton occurred in downtown division.
Of that, 50 per cent occurred in a zone known to police as Delta Zero, which includes the arena redevelopment district.
Breaking that down further, 50 … Continue reading →

Private security expert David Hyde is calling for more oversight on the actions of private security staff after aboriginal elder Gary Moostoos was banned from Edmonton City Centre Mall.
It’s a provincial law that gives security guards the right to … Continue reading →

ETS has a little project going that might be a bit of a game changer. They’re going Google.
I mean, I love that you can text 311-00 with your bus stop number and get schedule information delivered to your phone. … Continue reading →

Radio is, perhaps, the most intimate of all media forms.
When we go to the movies, we are kept at a distance, watching gods perform on the great white screen in front of us, while we sit passively, watching or … Continue reading →

Today, voters in Edmonton-Whitemud went to the polls in a by-election prompted by the “resignation” of Alberta’s last premier, Dave Hancock. After serving Whitemud for decades as an MLA and cabinet minister, Hancock gracefully and graciously stepped aside, the better … Continue reading →

Has the city been as effective as it could be in encouraging good urban design in Edmonton? It turns out that’s what urban planner Sonny Tomic is in town to figure out.
He’s been wandering throughout Edmonton this fall, dropping … Continue reading →

Examples exist throughout the city … vacant lots filled with garbage, crumbly holes surrounded by construction fencing, empty windows covered with ratty newspaper.
Why does Edmonton have so many vacant commercial properties, and what can be done about it?
The … Continue reading →

Edmonton’s LRT line between Mill Woods and downtown will open Dec. 15, 2020.
Don’t laugh. That might be a bit more set in stone than the opening date for the Metro Line to NAIT, which was delayed yet again this … Continue reading →

A couple weeks ago, someone started tweeting at me with random photos of my city. Slightly annoyed, slightly intrigued, I collected them. And here they are ... the long weekend seems like a good time to tour Edmonton through the eyes of an outsider ... Continue reading →